Labour leader says he wants to see a more egalitarian society ahead of major Brexit speech.

A Labour government would introduce a maximum wage in a bid to tackle inequality in the UK, Jeremy Corbyn suggested on Tuesday (10 January).

"We have the worst levels of income disparity of most of the OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development) countries, in this country, it is getting worse," he told BBC Radio 4's Today programme.

Corbyn will travel to Leave-voting Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, to deliver the address.

A preview of the speech has already seen him being attacked on the left and right for his comments over immigration.

"Labour is not wedded to freedom of movement for EU citizens as a point of principle," he is due to say.

"But nor can we afford to lose full access to the European markets on which so many British businesses and jobs depend. Changes to the way migration rules operate from the EU will be part of the negotiations."

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Full access to the EU's single market would require the UK to keep free movement rules.

"If Jeremy Corbyn thinks working-class voters will be fooled by the load of flannel he has come out with today then he has another thing coming," said Ukip leader Paul Nuttall.